Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Melton · Region: East Midlands
Explore Branston, Leicestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Branston map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
| Place | Branston |
| Traditional County | Leicestershire |
| District / Borough | Melton |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.856088 |
| Longitude | -0.798261 |
| Place Type | Village |
Branston rests in the embrace of Leicestershire's gentle countryside, a place where the sky seems to hold a particular, soft clarity. It lies 11.7 km north-north-east of Melton Mowbray (from Melton Mowbray: bearing 31°T, OS grid SK 810 294), and is situated east-north-east of Eaton village. The fields surrounding Branston, often a rich, fertile loam, catch the morning sun in broad, golden swathes, hinting at the agricultural life that has long shaped this landscape. Old hedgerows, thick with hawthorn blossom in spring and studded with hips in autumn, trace the ancient boundaries of farmland, whispering tales of generations who worked this soil. The village itself, though modest, possesses a quiet dignity, its stone buildings absorbing the muted light of the East Midlands.
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Explore Branston, Leicestershire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 52.856088, -0.798261. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | June 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |